However, this time the song is one Tarkan discarded, the article claims.

Of the hip-hop type song, the existence of which has apparently been confirmed via Ekinci's Twitter account, she is quoted in the HTMagazin article as saying, "At the last minute Tarkan threw away a song he wrote [because he didn't like it]. He didn't give it to anyone, just threw it away. I listened to it and fell in love with it. He made a gift of it to me. It wouldn't be a bad idea to call the song "Trash"."

Some reports suggest Bayülgen did this on purpose to send up Tarkan's time in custody following an anti-drug sting, as "altın vuruş" has come to mean a slang phrase for a lethal overdose of cocaine in Turkish, as well as a fighting term for a final winning punch.

Later reports, however, write that this time it seems Bayülgen was genuinely mistaken, while featured guest singer Emre Altuğ defended Tarkan, and picked Bayülgen up on what he said.

Bayülgen defended himself by saying he had been momentarily confused as "he had read that somewhere".

Sabah correspondent Mevlüt Tezel had written about Tarkan's song title reminding him of the cocaine drug slang phrase, although the lyrics had been written two years ago by the late Aysel Gürel.

In a 23 May dated article, Işıklar talks about celebrities trying to dodge the draft in Turkey - where it is compulsory for all males to do a required term of army duty.

"The army is a serious matter. Did Tarkan not say, "What I'm going to do in the army, stare at snowcapped mountains?" But ever since that sentence came out, he's been on a downward slide..." he writes.